Buggy and Broken Games

[BolognaBaloney]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

Evil genius still cant complete because of bugs, and of course Harvest Moon Back to Nature.

 

[Ultress]

Dark Messiah of might and magic: elements for the 360, got stuck in floors and walls everywhere.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I always found Oblivion to have the largest amount of bugs for a game highly rated.

I just do not like their engine one bit.

Yeah, their physics engine leaves a lot to be desired. I was glad that they fixed some of it in Fallout 3, but even that has it's fair share of glitches.

 

[lolmynamewastaken]

Fallout 3 is massivly buggy, so much so that it just provides entertainment most of the time.
Also Killzone was like the buggiest game known to man unless you include the old GTAs. How come the broken games also turn out to be the most popular in that generation?

 

[Killerbunny001]

Remember Codename Eagle anyone ?

 

[wgreer25]

The remake of Pool of Radiance. If you tried to uninstall it from your PC, it would also delete system critical files. So not only was the game buggy, it could wipe our your operating system as well.

Recently, Fable 2 is the buggiest console game I think I have ever seen. Object/enemies stuck in walls/floors. Your dog floating over terain or just through it. Interactive doors that you can in no way interact with. I also had two instances when a gate was supposed to open, but it just didn't. I had to quit, reload and play it again (the exact same way) and it magically decides to work.

 

[Jirlond]

My mate fell through the map in wow once-he just kept falling into blackness - he logged out and back in - still falling. He had to get a GM to teleport him back - fun to listen to him moaning and huffing.

 

[laikenf]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

Most of those problems can be fixed by holding down the "A" button when the game boots up before the title screen (at least in the 360 version).

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

Most of those problems can be fixed by holding down the "A" button when the game boots up before the title screen (at least in the 360 version).

I fail to see how that will benefit the game at all.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

I honestly can't nominate any game other than Oblivion/Fallout. Both insanely good games, shame how shit that engine can be.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

Most of those problems can be fixed by holding down the "A" button when the game boots up before the title screen (at least in the 360 version).

I fail to see how that will benefit the game at all.

I think it empties the data cache or something, it's sort of like a defrag on a PC. Can help reduce laggy gameplay too.

 

[BolognaBaloney]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

Most of those problems can be fixed by holding down the "A" button when the game boots up before the title screen (at least in the 360 version).

I fail to see how that will benefit the game at all.

I think it empties the data cache or something, it's sort of like a defrag on a PC. Can help reduce laggy gameplay too.

Hmm, well I'll give it a shot. Thanks for the tip.

 

[hailmagus]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

I always found Oblivion to have the largest amount of bugs for a game highly rated.

I just do not like their engine one bit.

I always found Oblivion to have the largest amount of bugs for a game highly rated.

I just do not like their engine one bit.

Yeah, their physics engine leaves a lot to be desired. I was glad that they fixed some of it in Fallout 3, but even that has it's fair share of glitches.

Odd, all this talk of bugs in Oblivion. I've never had a problem. I would say factory defect, but it's hard to argue the fact with three people back to back.

 

[j0z]

I believe Daggerfall was one of the buggiest. Some of the Oblivion glitches can be fixed with the unofficial Oblivion patch. It, sadly, can't fix engine issues

 

[Casual Shinji]

Fable 1 and 2.
They always frooze up my X-BOX.

 

[The Admiral]

I was playing through Oblivion earlier, and I noticed quite a few bugs, items spinning madly about, bodies continually twitching, and enemies getting stuck in trees or walls; this got me to thinking, what do you escapists believe is the buggiest/most broken game?

Most of those problems can be fixed by holding down the "A" button when the game boots up before the title screen (at least in the 360 version).

and pressing A+B+DOWN helps catch pokemon.

 

[Polarix]

I would say Soul Calibur 3 for the PS2. There is a horrendous bug for the game in which if you try to delete any of your previous save files that was saved on your memory card, the game will delete your other save files and will corrupt your Chronicles of the Sword save file.

 

[Xaositect]

Yeah, Bethesda are absolutely terrible with this. I cant tell you how many times in Fallout 3 Ive a) got stuck between objects and b) had a massive smudge from a graphics error completely obscure my vision and have to reload or restart the game.

Strangely enough though, they always seem to be forgiven for it, rather than say Bioware for Mass Effect where I heard many people complaining about "bugs and faults" but the only thing I ever experienced was a slight frame rate drop at a certain point in the game.

But yeah, other than the statement "Bethesda make buggy-as-fuck games", I couldnt really nominate one in particular as its not something I make a habit of remembering.

 

[Symp4thy]

I thought Marvel Ultimate Alliance was very buggy and poorly made compared to the similar X-Men Legends games. It looks like Ultimate Alliance 2 has some potential though.